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NEWS ABOUT: Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City stories: 19 news summaries
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FAA Says Airport Computer Glitch Fixed

System broke down in both Atlanta and Salt Lake City

Nov 19, 09 9:56 AM CST
(AP) - FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again. The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta, which handle flight plans for air traffic throughout the country. More »

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FAA • Atlanta • Salt Lake City • airline delays • computer glitch • flight cancellation • Federal Aviation Administration • flight delays

Mormons Back Salt Lake
Gay Rights Law

Church says it won't drop opposition to gay marriage

Nov 11, 09 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Mormon church has come out in support of gay rights legislation for the first time in its history, backing a pair of Salt Lake City ordinances passed yesterday by the city council protecting gays from discrimination in housing and employment. "The church supports these ordinances because they are... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

TRAVEL

 Salt Lake Tops 
 Best Airports List 




Jul 25, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some airports just seem to be charmed when it comes to on-time departures. Travel + Leisure ranks the 10 best in America based on percentage of flights delayed:
  1. Salt Lake City: Last year's winner continues its reign, cutting delays by 2% from 2008, to just 12%.
  2. Portland,
... More »

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Washington DC • airline industry • Detroit • San Diego • Salt Lake City • Orlando • airport • Tampa • air travel • Minneapolis airport • Los Angeles International Airport • Portland, Oregon • Reagan National Airport • Boston Phoenix

(Newser) - Gay and straight protesters covered each other in kisses today outside Salt Lake City’s Mormon Temple, USA Today reports. The rally—inspired by a gay couple who were handcuffed and cited Friday for smooching on church property—was organized to condemn the Mormon ban on "offensive, indecent, obscene,... More »

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protests • Salt Lake City • kissing • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • gay

Utah Drinkers Get in Touch With Bartenders

New law knocks down barriers, hands-off policy in restaurants

May 13, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Under a new law that went into effect yesterday, restaurants that sell alcohol no longer need to separate patrons from the people serving them drinks, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “Not having these barriers is going to save us a lot of time, especially with out-of-state visitors who... More »

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alcohol • legislation • restaurant • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • liquor • bar

(Newser) - The holder of the Guinness World Record for longest fingernails lost her honor in a traffic accident, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Lee Redmond of Utah, who started growing the nails in 1979 and reached a total length of 28 feet and 4.5 inches, suffered the loss of... More »

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car crash • Salt Lake City • Utah • Guinness World Record • Lee Redmond • fingernail

GLOSSIES

 10 Best Cities 
 for Small Business 


Feb 8, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite tough economic times, an analysis of the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas offers hope for those looking to launch a small business. Portfolio and BizJournals list the cities that are most conducive:
  1. Raleigh, NC: The only market to rank among the top 10 in many key categories—
... More »

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business • Austin • employment • growth • Salt Lake City • population • Seattle • Raleigh • small business • Charlotte • Boise • financial crisis

(Newser) - Five former Blackwater guards involved in a 2007 shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead turned themselves in today and were charged with voluntary manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and using firearms in the commission of a crime, CNN reports. The men, all in their 20s, were arraigned in Salt Lake City... More »

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Iraq • Department of Justice • State Department • civilian casualties • Blackwater • Salt Lake City • manslaughter • defense contractors • weapons charges

 Las Vegas
 Ricin Man
 Pleads Guilty

Loner fantasized about harming people

Aug 5, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man who almost died from exposure to his own ricin, one of the deadliest toxins known, has pleaded guilty to possession of the poison, reports the Los Angeles Times. The unemployed graphic designer, 57, was found suffering from poisoning in February, and investigators discovered he had been making... More »

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Las Vegas • Salt Lake City • ricin • castor beans • Roger Bergendorff • Anarchist Cookbook

Elizabeth Smart: 'Don't Worry,
I'll Be Here
in the Morning'

Slept in bed she was kidnapped from

Jun 13, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The night Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her 9-month captivity in 2003, she asked to sleep in the same bed she was kidnapped from, her father tells People. "She said...'Don't worry, I'll be here in the morning,' " Ed Smart recalled. “I don’t think anything... More »

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kidnapping • Salt Lake City • recovery • missing child • miracle • interview • Elizabeth Smart

 Elizabeth Smart:
 'I Feel So Lucky' 

Kidnapping victim says abduction made her grow up

Jun 12, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom 6 years ago, but says she emerged from the 9-month ordeal unscathed. People profiles the 20-year-old, now a music major at Brigham Young University, who says, "I feel so lucky to be here. From the day... More »

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kidnapping • Salt Lake City • recovery • miracle • missing person • interview • Elizabeth Smart

 Romney, McCain Join Forces 

Mitt stumps for Mac in Utah, dodges VP query

Mar 28, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and Mitt Romney buried the hatchet and hit the campaign trail together in Utah yesterday. Romney thumped McCain 90% to 5% in the state's Republican primary, but he's now stumping and fundraising for his former rival in a week-long trip through the West, AP reports. "We are... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Salt Lake City • Utah • campaign fundraising • campaign trail

New Mormon Prez Vows to Stay the Course

Church picks Monson, 80, who displays old-fashioned style

Feb 4, 08 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The new Mormon church president vowed to stay the course with "no abrupt changes" in policy after he was inaugurated this morning, the Deseret Morning News reports. Thomas S. Monson, 80, an old-fashioned storyteller who enjoys quoting Dickens, asked for God's "spirit in my heart and angels round... More »

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gay marriage • Salt Lake City • Mormon • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Gordon B. Hinckley • Thomas Monson

Romney Skips
Trail to Grieve Mormon Leader

Thousands mourn
'giant among men' at
funeral in Utah

Feb 2, 08 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - GOP hopeful Mitt Romney ducked Super Tuesday stumping today to attend Mormon Church President Gordon Hinckley's funeral in Utah, but a Mitt aide still parried concerns about the hopeful's beliefs, Reuters reports. "The governor is proud of his faith,” he said. "After the funeral is over, we'll... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Gordon Hinckley

Top 10 US Cities for Jobs

Salt Lake City's still tops, but Texas boasts work aplenty, Forbes reports

Jan 26, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Where to get that new job this year? The Lone Star State is boasting work aplenty, but Salt Lake City—still high on tech jobs—takes the top spot. Forbes lists its top10 job-growth towns:
  1. Salt Lake City, Utah
  2. Wichita, Kan.
  3. Austin, Texas
  4. Atlanta, Ga.
  5. Fort Worth,
... More »

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Atlanta • Omaha • list • Austin • Houston • Indianapolis • Wichita • Salt Lake City • Fort Worth • Seattle • Raleigh • US cities • Forbes

Best and Worst US Airports

Travel + Leisure lists airports with shortest and longest delays

Nov 20, 07 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Flight delays are peaking, and there's no sure way to dodge them. But fliers can travel smarter with this new list of best and worst airports from Travel + Leisure: Best:
  1. Portland, Ore. (PDX)
  2. Salt Lake City (SLC)
  3. San Diego (SAN)
More »

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New York • list • San Diego • Philadelphia • Salt Lake City • airport • airline delays

Romney Passed
Trial By Torch

Candidate learned
from running 2002 Games, but also
drew flip-flop rap

Sep 19, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney built his persona and political team as chief executive of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but also grew a reputation for playing to his audience. In turning around the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Games, the GOP presidential hopeful gained poise unseen in his failed 1994 Senate run, the New ... More »

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Mitt Romney • Senate • earmarks • Salt Lake City • Olympic Games • flip flop • International Olympic Committee

Mitt's Reading List Reveals Wingnut Mentor

Popular video shows candidate lauding Mormon extremist

Aug 6, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney tried to unburden himself of some left-wing baggage in a talk-radio interview this weekend—but the National Review’s Mark Hemingway says he may have gone too far. In praising the work of W. Cleon Skousen, his former BYU professor and an “all-around nutjob," Romney may... More »

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Mitt Romney • list • racism • Salt Lake City • Mormon • Brigham Young • W. Cleon Skousen • John Birch Society

Look to the Middle & N.W. of the U.S. for Volunteers

California and East Coast M.I.A.

Jul 9, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Corporation for National & Community Service has released its report on volunteerism in America.  And the center of the country and the Pacific Northwest dominated the the top of the list with a whopping 40.5% of #1 Minneapolis-St. Paul residents age 16 and older engaging in volunteer... More »

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Minneapolis • Omaha • list • Austin • volunteerism • Salt Lake City • Seattle

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